Into this beautiful and hard season, walked the man of my dreams.

Into this beautiful and hard season, walked the man of my dreams. He had also worked overseas for a number of years, understood the beauty of it, understood me and a whirlwind romance followed. By the summer of 2022, I was planning a wedding.

But the part of planning that brought so much joy was choosing bridesmaids—the women who had stood by me in grief and rejoiced with me in new opportunities and hoped with me in hard seasons, realizing again how much power there is in sisterhood. I called each one to invite them to stand with me on my wedding day, reflecting the importance of our friendship, past and future.

This is why I chose to buy gold bracelets from Starfish Project as gifts for my attendants. They were a beautiful compliment to our outdoor fall (too cold but no rain) wedding. And I love that the bracelets are quality enough for my friends to wear them over and over—reminiscent of our own bond, but also of the importance of standing together with our sisters from around the world. We need each other and at the end of the day, we only truly rise when we rise together.